[njarboe]

Human drivers cause ~40,000 deaths a year in the US. The car would not exist as a consumer product if it were invented today. Automatic car systems may have to have close to zero fatality rates to be acceptable in the US. Possibly a national law of some sort could be passed to limit automatic car manufactures liability that would allow them to be deployed at scale. Otherwise, I see little chance of automatic vehicles existing in the US. They will cause deaths, especially if human drivers are still allowed on the same roads. I sure hope they can be deployed, as the benefits of automatic vehicles for safety, convenience, the environment, and efficiency are large.

[sdenton4]

Step 1: Computer vision.

Step 2: Theory of mind.

Step 3: ???

Step 4: Profit.